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The Advanced MCACC menu
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Fine Speaker Distance
• Default  setting:  10’00” (all speakers)
For proper sound depth and separation with your system, 
it is necessary to add a slight bit of delay to some 
speakers so that all sounds will arrive at the listening 
position at the same time. You can adjust the distance of 
each speaker in 1/2 inch increments. The following 
setting can help you make detailed adjustments that you 
may not achieve using the Manual speaker setup on 
page 90.
1
Select ‘Fine SP Distance’ from the Manual MCACC 
setup menu.
 
2
Adjust the distance of the left channel from the 
listening position.
3
Select each channel in turn and adjust the distance 
as necessary.
Use 
/ to adjust the delay of the speaker you selected 
to match the reference speaker. The delay is measured in 
terms of speaker distance from 0’00-1/2” to 45’00”.
Listen to the reference speaker and use it to measure the 
target channel. From the listening position, face the two 
speakers with your arms outstretched pointing at each 
speaker. Try to make the two tones sound as if they are 
arriving simultaneously at a position slightly in front of 
you and between your arm span.
1
When it sounds like the delay settings are matched up, 
press 
 to confirm and continue to the next channel.
• For comparison purposes, the reference speaker will 
change depending on which speaker you select.
• If you want to go back and adjust a channel, simply 
use 
/ to select it.
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When you’re finished, press RETURN.
You will return to the Manual MCACC setup menu.
Standing Wave
• Default setting: ON
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/ATT 0.0dB (all filters)
Acoustic standing waves occur when, under certain 
conditions, sound waves from your speaker system 
resonate mutually with sound waves reflected off the 
walls in your listening area. This can have a negative 
effect on the overall sound, especially at certain lower 
frequencies. Depending on speaker placement, your 
listening position, and ultimately the shape of your room, 
it results in an overly resonant (‘boomy’) sound. The 
Standing Wave Control uses filters to reduce the effect of 
overly resonant sounds in your listening area. During 
playback of a source, you can customize the filters used 
for Standing Wave Control for each of your MCACC 
presets.
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1
Select ‘Standing Wave’ from the Manual MCACC 
setup menu.
 
Note
1 • If you can’t seem to achieve this by adjusting the distance setting, you may need to change the angle of your speakers very slightly.
• For better audibility, the subwoofer emits a continuous test tone (oscillating pulses are heard from your other speakers). Note that it may be 
difficult to compare this tone with the other speakers in your setup (depending on the low frequency response of the reference speaker).
1. Fine  Channel  Level
2. Fine SP Distance
3. Standing  Wave
1c.Manual MCACC
4. EQ  Adjust
5. EQ  Professional
A/V RECEIVER
Exit
Return
A/V RECEIVER
Exit
Cancel
MCACC : M1.MEMORY 1
Reference Ch : 
L
1c2.Fine SP Distance
Ref.Ch Distance :  10’00”
A/V RECEIVER
Exit
Finish
 R 
<=> 
L
L : 
10’10”
1c2.Fine SP Distance
  9’10”
C : 
10’10”
SR 
  9’00”
SL : 
 
 
9’00”
SBL :  
 
6’00”
SBR 
  6’00”
SW : 12’10”
2 You can switch on or off the Standing Wave and Acoustic Calibration EQ feature in the AUDIO PARAMETER menu. See Setting the Audio 
options on page 66 for more on this.
3 • Since they will be overwritten, you may want to save the standing wave settings made with the Auto MCACC Setup to another MCACC preset.
• Standing Wave control filter settings cannot be changed during playback of sources using the HDMI connection.
• When Standing Wave is selected for an MCACC preset memory where STAND.WAVE is set to OFF in the AUDIO PARAMETER
STAND.WAVE ON is automatically selected.
1. Fine Channel Level
2. Fine SP Distance
3. Standing  Wave
1c.Manual MCACC
4. EQ  Adjust
5. EQ  Professional
A/V RECEIVER
Exit
Return
1c3.Standing Wave
A/V RECEIVER
Exit
Finish
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MCACC
M1.MEMORY1
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